Ayub Bachchu

Ayub Bachchu is a famous Bangladeshi rock musician and one of the finest guitarists in the country. Born in 16 August at Chittagong, Bangladesh he was initially a member of the band Feelings and later he joined the band Souls as lead guitarist. Finally he formed his own band titled L.R.B (the acronym originally came from Little River Band, but since another band already had that name, Bachchu changed it to Love Runs Blind).L.R.

Ayub Bachchu is a famous Bangladeshi rock musician and one of the finest guitarists in the country. Born in 16 August at Chittagong, Bangladesh he was initially a member of the band Feelings and later he joined the band Souls as lead guitarist. Finally he formed his own band titled L.R.B (the acronym originally came from Little River Band, but since another band already had that name, Bachchu changed it to Love Runs Blind).L.R.B is the first band in Bangladeshi Band history to release two double albums. He is well known for his distinctive headgear and guitars.

Even though he started out as a Rock musician he eventually branched out to the more mainstream music of Bangladesh. Nevertheless, Ayub Bachchu has contributed heavily to the development of Bangladeshi Rock Music. He is popular equally as a Singer as well as a Guitarist and Composer. He is one of the greatest singer of all time in Bangladeshi history.

His third album Kosto released in 1995 is the second largest selling album in Bangladesh till date. He dedicated himself to promote all instrument player of Bangladesh and make instrument paying more popular here. He has a distinctive guitar-playing style. He has mastered a lot of guitar techniques such as legato, tremolo/whammy effects, harmonics, right-handed and cross-handed tapping etc.

Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix & Joe Satriani are his inspirations as a guitarist. Ayub Bachchu has his own recording Studio at Mogbazar, Dhaka named, AB Kitchen. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..